Family Man

George Edward Forrest is the consummate family man, his friends and neighbors said. He took his wife, Dee, and their two boys, ages 6 and 8, on picnics. They rode their bicycles together. They attended church every Sunday. Forrest sang in the choir. "In my book he was a good friend," neighbor Hubert Jones said. "He was a family man and a good friend. "His family life was beautiful," Jones said. "He spent a lot of time with his wife and kids. He loved those kids." But officials said Forrest, 33, confessed last week to sexually assaulting eight women along Congress Avenue since late last year.

WEST BOCA A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy shot a man dead on Wednesday night, leaving his family shocked and trying to make sense of the situation, said an attorney representing the man's grieving relatives. Matthew Pollow, 28, was identified Thursday by the Sheriff's Office as the person killed. Family attorney Randy Fishman described Pollow as a "nice, mild-mannered kid" who grew up in South Florida, had graduated from Florida Atlantic University, and was interested in marketing.

Biden with daughter AshleyJoe Biden was no attack dog Wednesday night. He preferred to play the role of a family man who overcame obstacles in life to achieve success in the Senate and become Barack Obama?s running mate. For Florida delegates, Joe Biden was a popular choice. Supporters of Hillary Clinton were especially pleased. "Biden helps tremendously,?? said Rita Josephson, a delegate from Boynton Beach. "He?s a known entity. He?s a fighter. It brings strength to Obama?s weakness.?

Sunrise police have identified the man whose body was found next to a canal in the city. Now, investigators are trying to find relatives of Curtis Woolwine, 60. A bicyclist came upon Woolwine's body on Jan. 17 in grass along the G-15 North New River Canal. Investigators think Woolwine may have family in Virginia or West Virginia, Sunrise Police Sgt. Rodney Hailey said on Friday. "We've tried every possibility and we're coming up with a big zero," Hailey said. No signs of foul play were found at the scene when Woolwine's body was found, officials said.

He may be the Music Man for audiences at the Jupiter Theatre these days, but handsome actor Gregory Harrison is also the family man to his wife, actress Randi Oakes Harrison, and their four young children. Harrison, most recognized for his role as Dr. Gonzo Gates on the television series Trapper John, M.D., had been away from his family for a month of rehearsals. They joined him recently, making the arduous journey by air from their home in Oregon. For Harrison, these lengthy absences are difficult.

What is most remarkable about the obituaries of the late Congressman Sonny Bono is the information that most writers seem to find unremarkable. Bono's official biography portrays him as a family man with four children and a wife. Accurate but misleading. He had really fathered four children by three of his four wives. As a member of the Republican congressional delegation, Bono was "pro-family" and supportive of "people who play by the rules." He personally adopted whatever rules were useful at the time.

John Wright has a positive and relaxed attitude about life, his son says. Wright, a resident of Willow Manor Retirement Living in Dania, recently celebrated his 93rd birthday. He was born on Feb. 6, 1903, in North Carolina. His son, Herbert C. Wright, of Plantation, helped mark the milestone at the nursing home by bringing a birthday cake, which his father shared with other residents. About 110 people, including Herbert C. Wright's wife, Lorraine, joined in the celebration. Herbert C. Wright says his father is very family-oriented.

On the evening of Sept. 22, Vincent Gregg had dinner with his wife, Kelly, and their two children at their Dania home. Afterward, Gregg excused himself because he had to return briefly to work at the Penn Dutch Meats store in Hollywood. He had to remove some meat from a smoke-cooker and put it in a refrigerator to cool, a job he usually did several times a week. The hours passed, and Gregg's wife became concerned. He usually didn't stay out late and was not the kind of person who liked hanging out at bars, she said.

Toward the end of his stand-up set in April in Chicago, Jerry Seinfeld opened the floor to questions. Talk about tossing raw meat into the piranha tank. There were screams of "Babu" and "Bee Movie" ("Babu was a character. These are not questions," he answered), and whether the Mets had a shot at the World Series ("Don't have the hitting"). Finally, someone asked Seinfeld if he would ever star in another television show. "No," he said, "I'm old, I'm rich and I'm tired." He enjoys watching Elmo every morning with his three kids, he said.

FAMILY MAN. Calvin Trillin. Farrar Straus Giroux. $20. 184 pp. If literature were like baseball, Calvin Trillin would be a perennial MVP, or at the very least a highly valued utility infielder. His range is broad, his skills sharp. He is a superb reporter with a near-flawless storytelling style, frequently on display at The New Yorker, where he is a longtime staff writer. As a food and travel writer, he is always sprightly and amusing; books such as American Fried and Travels with Alice are genuine modern classics.

Milton Lorenzo Jones Sr., the father of Dania Beach Vice Mayor Albert Jones, died on Monday after a long illness. He was 96. "He peacefully passed away in VITAS Hospice Care at Memorial Hospital Pembroke," said Jones, the youngest of two sons. The Rev. Jones was born in the tiny Florida town of Callahan on April 28, 1917. He later moved to Dania as a young man. In 1941, he married Rhodie Bryant. She died seven years later, leaving him with two boys to raise, Milton Jones Jr. and his little brother, Albert.

Frank Lee Smith died of cancer on death row, just months before DNA exonerated him of raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl in Fort Lauderdale. Now, more than 13 years later, his family's civil lawsuit against the Broward Sheriff's Office and two detectives accused of framing him has finally been settled. Smith's death made him a national symbol because it was the first case in the U.S. that scientifically proved an innocent man had died in prison for a crime he didn't commit. But the financial settlement reached with the Sheriff's Office - on behalf of the agency and retired detectives Richard Scheff and Philip Amabile - is much less than the millions awarded in Broward's other notorious wrongful conviction cases.

For the family of Pedro Sanchez, the saying "when it rains, it pours" took on a new – and literal - meaning when Tropical Storm Isaac blew through the area last August. Like most families living in the western communities Sanchez's neighborhood flooded during the storm. So the Loxahatchee man took his airboat out to see if he could help any stranded neighbors. But what started as an act of kindness quickly turned tragic when his airboat malfunctioned and violently crashed. During the accident, Sanchez, a Wellington High School alumnus, sustained major head trauma.

According to his friends and family, Pavlos "Paul" Kaimacliotis is a doting father with a charitable heart, the patriarch of a well-respected family. To federal prosecutors, he's the co-conspirator of a failed plot to kidnap a wealthy Palm Beach Gardens man and cut off his fingers for millions of dollars in ransom money. Kaimacliotis, 36, who pleaded guilty to attempting to commit kidnapping in August, faces sentencing on Dec. 10 at 2:30 p.m. in the West Palm Beach federal court.

For Deacon Emile Ambroise, helping his fellow Haitian-Americans was a family affair. He often brought his wife and four children with him to help serve, teach and counsel. "We all contributed," said daughter Mathilde Ambroise, a marriage and family therapist in Belle Glade. "He was a man of great integrity and family values. " Deacon Ambroise, a resident of Lake Park, died on Monday in West Palm Beach of pulmonary problems. He was 80. Director of Haitian ministries in West Palm Beach for two decades, Deacon Ambroise was a fixture in the Haitian community even before the Diocese of Palm Beach was established in 1984.

Joseph McGowan now knows that he left the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 595, but after hearing his painfully emotional testimony on Friday, even the victim's family hugged him and told him they hope he can move on from the tragedy. Earlier this year, a jury found McGowan, 24, of Plantation, guilty of leaving the scene of an accident on westbound I-595 that resulted in the death of Maebell Johnson, 62, of Fort Lauderdale. The woman, who had dementia, was struck by at least two vehicles while she was trying to pick up cans in the middle lanes of the highway at 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, 2010.

Re the editorial cartoon of June 8: I continue to be disappointed and disgusted with your constant disparaging of our President George W. Bush. What is the problem? Is he too moral, too decent, too dedicated, too much the family man, too hard-working, too much the man of his word, too principled, too grounded in his faith, too gracious? I'm sure your cartoons would have reflected a similar opinion of President Ronald Reagan during his tenure. Not all of your readers are left-wingers. How about a little deference and respect to the rest of us now and then?

Bill Clinton committed several sex improprieties in his life, yet liberal women still support him. George W. Bush is the family man's family man who treats women with respect, yet liberal women hate him for one reason: He is politically conservative. Bill Clinton sold nuclear missile guidance technology to China in exchange for $5 million of campaign contributions from the company that got the contract to make the sale, yet liberals in South Florida continue to pretend Bill Clinton loves America.

One person has died after being shot inside a car in a Hollywood neighborhood early Wednesday, a spokeswoman from the Hollywood Police Department has confirmed. Bryant Howard Thomas, 24, the car's driver, was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood Police Lt. Diana Pereira said in a statement. On Wednesday relatives remembered Thomas, of Hollywood, — a father of three — as a dedicated family man who worked three jobs to support his children.

A day after Russell Buddie's family was notified of the arrest made in connection with their loved one's fatal stabbing, a relative said the announcement provided some relief, yet little else. "This guy doesn't know what he did," Buddie's sister SueAnn Fullman said during a phone interview on Thursday. "He killed the first-born child of our family, a brother, a husband and an uncle …it's devastating. " Semie Robinson, who is awaiting trial for his alleged involvement in a November shooting that wounded a cab driver, has been charged with killing Buddie, of Margate, two days before the cabbie was shot, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Thursday.